Me and my granddaughters

Janelle spent some time with us while her parents were on vacation. It was great fun. I love my two granddaughters.

Heather got her condo and is moving in on Monday. She's very excited. Bethany is in Washington DC for a few days to visit a friend who is there on an internship. They're having a great time (not sure how Ike and Maddie are doing without her).

Not much more to say. Check Bethany's blog. She has a life. On Thursday I gave blood, got a flu shot, and voted. Exciting life, huh!!!!

Wedding and Walks

This was a pretty busy end of week of us. On Friday our dear friend Autumn, who has been living in our home for the past year and a half, got married. I miss her already. It was great fun having her and Patrick in our home for the last while. Their wedding in the temple was beautiful as was their reception. Check out Bethany and Ike's blog for pictures of that.

On Saturday, Heather, Isaac and Bethany, and I participated in the Taking Strikes against Breast Cancer walk at Liberty Park. It was a very cold morning but we made it. We had Duke and Maddie with us. Duke didn't take to it very well and Heather ended up carrying him half the way. We have some funny pictures that I'll get up as soon as I figure out how to do it again.

After that we went and participated in a Memory Walk to honor the memories of children who died very young or were stillborn. We did this for Isaac's brother and his wife who had a stillborn son, Baby Mac, this summer. It was a very humbling experience for me. I cannot even imagine the anguish these families have been through. Bethany's blog also has more on that. She is so good to keep up on everything.

We have our granddaughter, Janelle, with us this week while Matthew and Lavern are taking a vacation for their anniversary. We are looking forward to getting to know her better. She has already beat Steve and I in Phase 10. This afternoon we also watched the video Testaments as our Sunday School class today talked of that time in the Book of Mormon and I thought it was a great time to watch the video. I was very happy to see it again, what a powerful message it has.

As always I had a great day with Macy this week. I'm so lucky to have her for a day each week. I just feel bad that Steve and the others don't get to see her as much as I get to. She's a real cutie. At her 6-month checkup her weight was in the 50th percentile and her height in the 90th. Gosh, a tall, skinny girl, go figure!!!!! I told Jessica Macy would be passing her up for sure. Jessica is pretty much resigned to the fact that all her children will probably pass her up in height.

Heather has been approved to buy her condo. She's very excited and hopefully will move in the end of October. She's still hoping to find a room mate.

Bethany will be going to Washington DC next week to go visit a friend for a few days. She's very excited about going there. I know the 2 of them will have a great time. I'll have to get some pictures from her or you can just again check out her blog in a couple of weeks.

Girls gone crazy

The last several weeks Steve and I have been going to Lehi every Wednesday to watch Nathan and Isaac play in a softball league. We always take the dogs and meet Bethany there. These are some pictures we took last week of them. Heather was in the back seat with Maddie and Duke and they were so funny. They love the wind in their faces and Duke has to be wherever Maddie is.

On Saturday night Heather, Bethany, and I had a little girls night. Isaac was in Cedar City with family and Steve had gone to the general Priesthood meeting. Well, for those of you who know us the 3 of us can get pretty crazy. After watching some TV we were watching a movie called Beauty Shop with Queen Latifah. There was a guy in it who had corn rows in his hair and was doing them on women in the beauty shop. Well Bethany decided it would be fun for Heather to do that to her hair. Here are the results.

What fun. We had blankets and pillows all over the floor. I went to bed about 2 a.m. I don't know how long the girls stayed up. The next morning we watched conference and had grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup for lunch (a Soelberg favorite). Bethany went to the Hinckley's house when Ike got home and Heather and I put together a jigsaw puzzle together while we watched conference. Steve had to work so he missed out (poor guy).

Heather should find out this week about her condo. It's taken longer to hear back from the bank. Hopefully we should hear by Tuesday. Ike and Bethany found out they couldn't move into the basement apartment they had found. They were very disappointed. They're not sure what they are going to do at this point. Ike was made Young Men's President in their ward a couple of weeks ago so they may just stay there for awhile, Bethany just wants a bigger apartment.